Tag: low waste in new york

You're sitting at a coffee shop, the walls are white, there are big windows, the table is definitely birch. You sip from your glass and cork travel mug, eating a salad with your bamboo fork. Your Klean Kanteen sits proudly on the table, and you take your laptop out of your cream tote bag. You … Continue reading The Problem with the Zero Waste Aesthetic

New York is one of the dirtiest cities I've ever seen. Truly. There's trash everywhere. I can't walk down the street without seeing takeout bags, cigarette packs, napkins, or broken bottles. I could make a "Litter Scavenger Hunt" for the neighborhood children, but they would find everything so fast there would be no point. In … Continue reading More Trash on the Internet, Literally.